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White Denim
I often read reviews of bands that refer to influences and there seems to be a settled list of arty influences claimed by most new bands with pretensions. That list includes Lou Reed (Velvet Underground), Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Doors, The Beatles. I usually ignore that bit of the review. When I read an […]
Posted in About and things, rock and blues, Uncategorized
Tagged as: captain beefheart, classic rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, white denim
On This Day – The Boss and Anne Murray
Raised eyebrows and presumably a mixed reception as on this day in 1974 Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray, the country singing star in New York. Anne Murray was the golden haired, honey voiced, very clean and wholesome Canadian country singer whose biggest hit was the sweet, and so annoying, Snowbird. What the hell was […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: anne murray, bruce springsteen, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
On This Day – Jagger and Richards Appeal
On this day in 1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appealed their convictions on drug charges following a raid the previous February. This saga began when a private party was raided by the police on 12 February at Keith’s house Redlands his mansion outside a little seaside town called West Wittering Sussex in the UK. […]
Posted in On This Day, rock and blues
Tagged as: classic rock music, keith richards, love rock music, mick jagger, On This Day, real rock and blues, rolling stones
Sam Phillips Dies 30 July 2003
Sam Phillips did more than most to shape popular music in the 50s and 60s. As Owner and leading light of the mighty Sun Records he discovered or developed Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. Inpite of this roll call of talent it is easy to forget […]
Posted in Blues, Departures, On This Day, rock and blues
Tagged as: blues music, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, sam phillips, sun records
On This Day – John Denver Dumped
On this day in 1986 RCA dumped John Denver, his crime? Recording a song called “What Are We Making Weapons For?” You may know that I have absolutely no love for John Denver and others of his ilk. However, they did not dump him because of crimes against music – which would have been fair […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: classic rock music, john denver, On This Day, real rock and blues
Michael Michael Jackson – Why Wait Till He’s Dead ? (part 3)
I never thought when I started this blog that Michael Jackson would provide the first serial post, but then he was such a sad person perhaps I should have. I said in the last post about Michael Jackson that we should expect lots of litigation. I am reminded by James (thanks James) that only in […]
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: classic rock music, michael Jackson, michael jackson litigation, rock and blues
On This Day – Folkies Go Wild!!
On this day in 1965 the beards and sandals brigade at the Newport Folk Festival were very upset when Bob Dylan turned up backed by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band with his new electric sound. He was heckled and booed, eventually leaving the stage. Later he returned to the stage to play a couple of […]
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Tagged as: bob dylan, classic rock music, On This Day, rock and blues
On This Day – Frank You’re a Star, Well a Rock!
On this day in 1994 The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after the much missed Frank Zappa who had died in December the previous year. The Scientific Stuff, Beyond Mars but before you get to Jupiter there should be another planet, but there isn’t. What there is a a pile of debris. Some of […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, frank zappa, love rock music, On This Day
Michael Jackson Why Wait Till He’s Dead ? (part 2)
I touched on this in a previous post. It now seems that Michael Jackson has sold 2.3 million albums in the last 2 weeks, in thew States alone. Good news for the owners of the state. (Expect more legal wrangling). My question remains the same, why now? Are we so stupid that we forget about […]
Posted in About and things, Departures
Tagged as: classic rock music, michael Jackson
Keef Hartley
My scheduled posts was not working a little while ago I fixed the bug and wrote a test post to make sure that it was working. In that test post I mentioned that I had lost a post about Keef Hartley. I was surprised and pleased to see the number of people who had found […]
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: classic rock music, Keef Hartley, love rock music